TInali ndi tsiku labwino,” anatero Sgt Eric Schrumpf wa US Marines Loweruka lapitalo. "Tinapha anthu ambiri."
Ananenanso kuti: "Tidatsitsa anthu wamba ochepa, koma mutani?" Ananenanso kuti panali azimayi omwe adayimilira pafupi ndi msirikali waku Iraq, ndipo m'modzi wa iwo adagwa pomwe iye ndi Marines ena adawombera. "Pepani," anatero Sgt Schrumpf, "koma kamwanako kanali panjira".
Kwa ine, chochititsa chidwi pa nkhaniyi ndi chakuti ndinamva pafupifupi mawu omwewo zaka 36 zapitazo pamene sajenti wa Marine ku United States anandiuza kuti anapha mayi wapakati ndi mwana chifukwa "analowa m'njira".
Izo zinali mkati Vietnam, dziko lina linalandidwa ndi a US zida zankhondo, zomwe zidapha anthu opitilira 2 miliyoni ndi ena ambiri opunduka ndikuwonongeka mwanjira ina. Purezidenti Reagan adatcha izi "chifukwa chabwino". Tsiku lina, Purezidenti Bush adayitana kuwukira kwa Iraq, mchitidwe wina wosadzudzulidwa ndi wachiwembu, “chifukwa chabwino”.
M'zaka zotsatira Vietnam, Achimereka adaukira ndikuyambitsa, mwachindunji ndi kupyolera mwa stooges, kuzunzika kwakukulu m'mayiko ena ambiri, koma palibe amene amatiuza zambiri za nkhondo yamakono kuposa kupirira kwawo nkhanza mu Vietnam, yotchedwa "media war" yoyamba.
Monga kuukira kwawo Iraq, kuwukira kwawo kwa Vietnam adatsagana ndi kunyozedwa kwa tsankho kwa anthu. Anthu a ku Vietnam anali "gooks" ndi "slits" omwe sakanamenyana, omwe akanaphwanyidwa mkati mwa masabata. Monga mu Iraq lero, umboni wosatsutsika wa AmericaKupha sikunawonetsedwe pa TV koma kubisidwa.
General Colin Powell, Mlembi wa boma wa Bush "womasuka", adakwezedwa mwachangu chifukwa adapatsidwa ntchito yobisa mbiri yoyipa. My Lai kupha anthu. Pomaliza, a Vietnamese adatsutsa Hollywood script ndi kuthamangitsa wowaukira, koma pamtengo waukulu.
Ma Iraqi, motsutsana ndi magulu awiri ankhondo akumadzulo ndi a Disneyworld za zida zowononga anthu ambiri, n'zokayikitsa kuti zigawana ulemu womwewo. Ndipo komabe iwo, nawonso, sakusunga zolemba; ndipo kukana kwawo modabwitsa pazovuta zazikulu zotere kwafuna kuti mabodza achuluke Washington ndi London: osati kwa iwo, koma kwa ife.
Mosiyana ndi Vietnam, nkhani zabodzazi, zabodza zomwe ndi zamwano komanso zobisika, tsopano zimafalitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi ndikugulitsidwa ndikuyendetsedwa ngati chinthu chatsopano. Richard Gaisford, mtolankhani "wophatikizidwa" wa BBC, adati posachedwa: "Tiyenera kuyang'ana nkhani iliyonse yomwe tili nayo (ankhondo). Ndipo kapitao, yemwe ndi mkulu wathu wolumikizana ndi atolankhani, afunsana ndi Colonel, ndipo afunsanso ku likulu la Brigade.
David Miller, katswiri wazofalitsa pa Kutsitsa University, amachitcha "katswiri pazaubwenzi". Zimagwira ntchito motere. "Mzere" wovomerezeka ukavomerezedwa ndikupangidwa ku Coalition Press Information Center ku Kuwait ndi $1million media center in Qatar, imaperekedwa ku White House, yomwe imadziwika kuti Office of Global Communications. Kenako imapukutidwa kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito ku Britain ndi ogwira ntchito a Blair ofalitsa nkhani Downing Street.
Chowonadi, koposa zonse, ndi chosowa. Pali nkhani "zabwino" zokha kapena palibe nkhani. Mwachitsanzo, kufika kumeneko Iraq ya sitima ya ku Britain yotchedwa Sir Galahad yokhala ndi matani mazana angapo omvetsa chisoni a thandizo laumunthu inali nkhani "yabwino" yomwe inafotokozedwa kwambiri. Chomwe chinali kusowa chinali chowonadi chomwe boma la Blair likupitilizabe kubwerera WashingtonWakana dala thandizo lofunika la $5.4 biliyoni, kuphatikiza mkaka wa ana ndi mankhwala. Ichi ndi "thandizo" lomwe Iraq walipira (kuchokera ku malisiti amafuta) ndipo UN Security Council yavomereza.
Chomwe chinasowekanso m'nkhani yosuntha yotereyi yaku Britain-to-the-rescue chinali chakuti, mokakamizidwa ndi Bush ndi Blair, United Nations yakakamizika kutseka njira yake yogawa chakudya ku. Iraq, zomwe sizinalepheretse njala nthawi isanayambe nkhondo.
Bodza la BLAIR pa IraqZida zowononga anthu ambiri komanso maulalo ake omwe amati ndi al-Qaeda zawululidwa ndikukanidwa ndi anthu ambiri aku Britain. Kuyambira pamenepo wasewera khadi lake la "chikhulupiriro". Mwina pothawirapo zabodza zomaliza ndikuyitanitsa kuti athandizire "anyamata athu".
On September 3, 1967, The Sunday Mirror inasindikiza kutumiza kwanga kuchokera Vietnam pansi pa mutu wankhani wa patsamba loyamba: “Motani Britain kuvomereza nkhondo ngati iyi? Galasi wamasiku ano akufunsanso funso lomwelo la kuwukira kwa Iraq. Kusiyana kwake ndikuti, mosiyana ndi Blair, Prime Minister Harold Wilson adakana Purezidenti waku America kugwiritsa ntchito asitikali aku Britain "mgwirizano" wake. Kafukufuku yemwe adachitika dzulo la Mirror adati "78 peresenti amaumirira kuti asitikali aku Britain asabweretsedwe kunyumba mpaka nkhondoyo itatha." Zovota zokha zimatha kupanga zokopa, ndi funso lodziwiratu yankho. Bwanji ngati funso lomwe linafunsidwa likadakhala kuti: "Kodi mumathandizira magulu ankhondo aku Britain kulowa Iraq chifukwa cha kusakhalapo kwa ‘kumasulidwa’ kulikonse ndi kuwonjezereka kwa chiŵerengero cha anthu wamba ophedwa?”
Ndikukayika ngati zikadakhala pafupi ndi 78 peresenti. Mosakayikira pali nkhokwe yachikhalidwe yothandizira "asilikali", mosasamala kanthu za ntchito yonyansa yomwe amatumizidwa kuti akagwire. Kuwongolera kwa Blair pa izi sikuyenera kuloledwa kuchita bwino. Asilikali aku Britain akhoza kuphunzitsidwa bwino kuposa aku America; koma izi sizisintha mfundo yoti iwo ndi gawo lofunikira, kuukira kwa zigawenga m'dziko lomwe silingatiwopseza.
Ophunzitsidwa kusokoneza ma TV ("maubwenzi a anthu"), olankhulira asilikali a ku Britain amanama kaŵirikaŵiri monga Achimereka; ngati zili choncho, zamkhutu zawo za "zowukira" ndizowopsa ndi theka. Chowonadi chomwe samanena ndichakuti kuzinga kwa Britain Basra ikunyonga anthu wamba, ikuchititsa kuvutika kwakukulu kwa anthu osalakwa, amuna, akazi ndi ana m’dziko lawo.
Tangoganizani ngati asitikali aku Iraq akuchita zomwezo Birmingham, mzinda wa ukulu wofanana. Tangoganizani kukwiya: kukana kotchuka, mosasamala kanthu kuti ndani anali ndi mphamvu London. Ngati sitingathe kulingalira zimenezo, ndiye kuti tagwa mu bodza lalikulu limene limatembenuza chabwino ndi choipa. Ngati sitingathe kudziyika tokha mu nsapato za ma Iraqi, mu nsapato za banja lachisoni la mayi yemwe adawomberedwa ndi Sgt Schrumpf, "mwanapiye yemwe adalowa m'njira", ndiye kuti tili ndi chifukwa chodera nkhawa.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za John Pilger pa Iraq pitani http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/john_pilger.htm
kuti mumve zambiri pazofalitsa zaku Iraq pitani http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/media_analysis.htm
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